Forever Autumn is a Falls Awareness and Falls Prevention initiative being developed in St Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin Ireland. It builds on the Bone Health Education Programme which was launched in May 2011. The project team comprises of clinical and non clinical members of staff from the hospital. The project is being led by Daragh Rodger, CNS in Health Promotion and Assessment of the Older Adult, and Anne Spencer, Clinical Educational Technologist.

1. Forever Autumn
Falls Prevention Programme for St Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park - 2012
Presentation 3rd February 2012
Daragh Rodger, CNS - Health Promotion and Assessment of the Older
Adult
Anne Spencer, Clinical Educational Technologist, PETAL

2. Forever Autumn
I am not
falling for you
Forever Autumn

3. Overall Aim
•Devise a falls awareness programme for all staff (clinical and non-
clinical) illustrating the potential for falls amongst our client group
•Introduce and implement the:
•Revised St Mary’s Falls Policy
•Falls Risk Assessment Tool

4. • Welcome
• Where we have come from....
• Where we are going....
• Timescales
• Project Team
• Project Lead Daragh Rodger
• Educational Technologist Anne Spencer
• Project Meetings - Open to all staff
Overview

5. • Work Stream 1 - In Progress
• Review of falls within the hospital in 2011- Who?, How?, Where?,
When?, & Why?
• Comparison to 2008
• Identify risk factors
• How we can we reduce falls - lessons learnt
• Literature Review - Cochrane Database – High Level Findings
Work-Streams

6. • Work Stream 2
• Falls Committee - Falls Assessment
• Review and Selection of Falls Assessment Tool for St Mary’s
• What, Why and How
• Implementation = Education
Work-Streams

7. • Work Stream 3 - Development of Educational Resources For:
• Staff
• Clinical
• Non Clinical
• Clients / Families / Carers
• Other Healthcare Providers
Work-Streams

8. Teaching Approach
• Blended Learning
• “Bite Size” Education
Video
F2F
Web Based
Work Based Learning

9. • Work Stream 4 - Implementation, Assessment & Evaluation
• Implementation -staff training initiatives ( all residential areas and
rehabilitation falls strategy, falls assessment tool - blended approach,
? use mobile technology, HSEland, high impact visual
• Signage for falls risk in clinical areas
• Staff Assessment
• Project Evaluation - local feedback and national/international
presentations, benchmarking and collaborative opportunities
Work-Streams

10. What is your role?

11. Bonehealth.co

12. Thank you - Suggestions or Questions?